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Forest officials say heavy smoke is likely on Lake Mary Road near Flagstaff as crews begin ignitions on a lightning-caused wildfire they'll use to treat thousands of acres.
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The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona is fortifying how they handle cases involving missing or murdered Indigenous peoples.
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People gathered across the U.S. on Sunday for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. It's intended to spotlight the high rate of disappearances and killings in Native American communities.
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs' signing of the repeal of a Civil War-era ban on nearly all abortions was a stirring occasion for the women working to ensure the 19th century law remains in the past.
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Former Taos, N.M., poet laureate Sawnie Morris says as a young girl poetry showed her how events and objects were connected in curious ways. In the latest installment of PoetrySnaps!, she reads her piece called “After the Late-Winter Car Trip.”
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The federal government is spending billions to support semiconductor manufacturing. But trainees seeking chipmaking jobs may have to wait.
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The Coconino National Forest’s Mogollon Rim Ranger District will manage a lightning-caused wildfire that sparked earlier this week in an area already scheduled for a prescribed burn.
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Tribes that use the Colorado River want a say in negotiations that will reshape how the river's water is shared.
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The suspect in Mondays' shooting in Cameron that left one person dead has been arrested in Tuba City.
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Here's the story of one business at the intersection of conservation and growth amid Phoenix’s semiconductor boom.
NPR News
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Some students face criminal charges, suspensions and even expulsions for participating in pro-Palestinian protests and encampments. Their reason? A "just cause".
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The classified documents trial had been scheduled to begin May 20. But months of delays had slowed the case as prosecutors pushed for the trial to begin before the November presidential election
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Despite calls for gun safety legislation after the Covenant School shooting, Tennessee passed a measure allowing teachers to carry firearms in schools.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Colm Toibin about his new novel Long Island. His main character opens her front door to a stranger who accuses her husband of having an affair with his wife.
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Hundreds of college students across the U.S. have been arrested, and many suspended and expelled, for participating in pro-Palestinian protests. Some students reflect on their actions and punishment.
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